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Action Comics #162

DC · Series began 1938 · November 1951

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Dates

Cover date: November 1951
On sale: September 24, 1951
Pages: 44

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Wayne Boring, Ray Thompson, Curt Swan, Martin Naydel, Ed Smalle, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Browninks: Win Mortimer, Stan Kaye, Ray Thompson, John Fischetti, Martin Naydel, Ed Smalle, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Browncolors: Jack Adlerscript: Jack Schiff, Martin Naydel, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Erik H. Arctanderletters: Ira Schnapp, Martin Naydel, Horace Elmo

Stories

It! · 10 pages
An alien being from another dimension threatens Metropolis.
The Interplanetary Restaurant! · 8 pages
Wally Martin retires as cook for the Planeteers and plans to open his own restaurant, out in space. The venture is a huge success, until Eben Kinnel's offer to buy it cheap is rejected, at which point he hires someone to sabotage the restaurant. Tommy is on leave and visits his old friend, catching saboteurs, finding rare food, and towing the restaurant out of the shipping lanes by marshalling many of Willy's friends.
Mission of Mystery! · 6 pages
Bill prevents a maharajah from defrauding his employers, World Wide Insurance.
"Thar She Blows..." · 2 pages
A Horse for Vigilante! · 8 pages
While pursuing the notorious Ramrod gang, the Vig-Cycle is smashed up, so Vigilant and Stuff are forced to find alternative transportation. They first borrow a horse-drawn chariot from a circus, but later settle for some finely bred horses, which serve admirably.

Reprinted in

Superman (1947), Superman (1950), Superman in the Fifties (2021)